Non Sequiturs

My newest favorite thing about having literate (and imaginative) children is the random things that come out of their mouths (this, of course, began long before they began reading; its just a lot more informed now). I often wonder if I am being given a peek at a small portion of a much larger internal conversation, or if these utterances are really as random as they appear in adult-land. Perhaps you can shed some light . . .

*Take, for instance, this random sample of a few recent ones:

“Righteous people weren’t made when pirates were made”

“I think those people are following us. That’s bad news.”

“Do you know how many days it rains in October? Four. Is that right? Let me go check my calendar. I have two of them, you know.”

“Yep, that’s what Hercules rode – a flying donkey . . . with wings."

“I even know how to make clouds – vapor, water, and poofy stuff.”

“There’s no air in space. Why is that? Is it because Earth is hogging it all?"

I don't know what it all means, but I love it.



*If you pay close attention, you might get a close approximation of a cross-section of what we happen to have in the Childrens' Books section of our library (apparently everything from Adventure to Stranger-Danger to Mythology to Meteorology and Earth/Space Science, with a bit of Theology sprinkled throughout).